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No. 224,690. Patented Feb. 17, 1880 l IIHIIIIH TTORNEYSi NJETERS, PNOTGLITHOGRAFHLR, WASHINGTON, D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFicE.

OHAUNOEY D. HYDE, OF PITOHER, NEW YORK.

FOLDING ROCKING-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,690, dated February 1'7, 1880. v Application filed August 13, 1879.

To all. whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHAUNGEY DELTON HYDE, of Pitcher, in the county of Chenango and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Folding Rocking- Uhairs, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved chair, taken through the line 00 :10, Fig. 2. Fig.2 is a front View of the same. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same folded.

imilar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. t

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved rocking chair, which shall be so constructed that it may be adjusted for use as a reclining-chair, and may be compactly folded for storage and transportation, and which shall be siinplein construction and convenient in use.

The invention consists in the pivoted forward posts connected by the round with each other, and in the rockers provided with the longitudinal slots and the notches, in combination with the rear posts, the forward posts, and the seat-frame, as-hereinafter fully described.

A are the back posts of the chair, which are connected at their upper ends by a cross-bar, a, and at a little distance from their lower ends by a round, ed. The posts A are also connected, a little above the round M, by a round, a to which, at the inner sides of the pivoted the rear ends of the side- The forward ends said posts, are

E, of the seat-frame. of the side bars, B, are connected by a round, I). The side bars, B, of the seat-frame, when the chair is in use, rest upon the round c, that connects the forward posts, 0. The upper ends of the posts 0 are pivoted to the sides of the back posts, A, a little above their centers, and the lower ends of the said forward posts, 0, are pivoted to the forward ends of the rockers D. The rockers D have longitudinal slotsd formed in themto receive the pins (5*, attached to the lower ends of the back posts, A, so that the chair'may be adjusted and folded by moving the pins a along the slots (6. In the rockers D, along the lower sides of the slots 01, are formed notches 01 to receivethe pins a and serve as stops to hold the chair in the "arious positions into which it may be adjusted.

The seat and back ofthe chair may be formed of carpet or other flexible material, or of cane or perforated wood, as may be desired.

By omitting the rockers a simple and convenient folding chair is produced.

Several modifications may be made in the construction of the chair, as, for instance, the rockers may be replaced by straight strips provided with slots and notches and mounted upon casters; or extra arms may be put upon the circular front posts to form an arm-chair. Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to'secure by Letters Patent The rockers D, provided with the longitudinal slots 01 and the notches 01 in combination with the rear posts, A, the forward posts, (J, and the seat-frame B b, substantially as herein shown and described.

OHAUNOEY DELTON HYDE.

Witnesses W. R. CHANDLER, S. K. BEMEss. 

